Past Team

Chair : Mansour Naslcheraghi
Affiliation: Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal)
Degree: M. Sc. in Communications Systems

Biography: M. Naslcheraghi is with Electrical Engineering department at Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal). He conducted his research in his M. Sc. career mainly on wireless content distribution by utilizing full-duplex radios and Stochastic Geometry. He is currently with the Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. His main research interests include Machine Learning, Resource Allocation, and full-duplex radios. He is also a member of the IEEE Communications Society.

Vice-Chair: Joel Dodoo
Affiliation: Ph. D. Student in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. in Information and Communications Engineering.

Biography: Joel is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He received the B.Eng. degree (with honours) in Telecommunication Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the MSc. degree in Information and Communication Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, both in China. His current research interest focuses on data center networks, hybrid switching systems, energy efficiency in photonic network systems and optical interconnects, network resource management and optimizations. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals, among others.

Secretary: Vahid Maleki Raee
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph. D. student in Information System Engineering.

Biography: V. Maleki Raee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, majoring in computer systems and networks in 2012 and 2015, respectively, from the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He began his Ph.D. in information system engineering as part of the IoT team in May 2016 at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His work covers wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, optimization, virtualization, and cloud computing. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals.

Treasurer: José García-Echeverría
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. in Photonics

Biography: Jose is an Electronic Engineer currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Photonics at McGill University. His research is concentrated on microring modulators and optical computing, showcasing a keen interest and expertise in advancing the field of photonics. Beyond the academic realm, he finds joy in playing soccer and photography.

Website Manager: Roya Hosseini
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: M.eng. student in Quality System Engineering.

Biography: Roya Hosseini, a master's student in Quality System Engineering at Concordia University, Canada, has a rich background in Software Engineering, with a specialization in Business Intelligence Systems. An active member of the IEEE Communications Society, Roya combines her technical expertise and academic pursuits to contribute to the field of engineering. Her focus on integrating quality systems in engineering processes showcases her commitment to excellence and innovation in both academia and the professional community.

Industrial Relations Manager : Parisa Shirvani
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph. D. Student in Telecommunication Engineering

Biography: P. Shirvani is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Her research interests contains mm-wave frequencies, Metasurface antenna, and ridge gap waveguides. She is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals.

Chair: Mansour Naslcheraghi
Affiliation: Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal)
Degree: M. Sc. in Communications Systems

Biography: M. Naslcheraghi is with Electrical Engineering department at Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal). He conducted his research in his M. Sc. career mainly on wireless content distribution by utilizing full-duplex radios and Stochastic Geometry. He is currently with the Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. His main research interests include Machine Learning, Resource Allocation, and full-duplex radios. He is also a member of the IEEE Communications Society.

Vice-Chair: Joel Dodoo
Affiliation: Ph. D. Student in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. in Information and Communications Engineering.

Biography: Joel is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He received the B.Eng. degree (with honours) in Telecommunication Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the MSc. degree in Information and Communication Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, both in China. His current research interest focuses on data center networks, hybrid switching systems, energy efficiency in photonic network systems and optical interconnects, network resource management and optimizations. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals, among others.

Secretary: Vahid Maleki Raee
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph. D. student in Information System Engineering.

Biography: V. Maleki Raee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, majoring in computer systems and networks in 2012 and 2015, respectively, from the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He began his Ph.D. in information system engineering as part of the IoT team in May 2016 at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His work covers wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, optimization, virtualization, and cloud computing. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals.

Website Director: Faye Satari
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal
Degree: M. Sc. student in Computer Engineering.

Biography: F. Satari was born in Quchan, a small town with minimal educational infrastructure and facilities. When she finished her primary school, she was accepted in the provincial entrance exam of the Exceptional Talents High School. After excelling in high school and hard working around the clock, she participated in a very competitive tuition-free nationwide university entrance exam (i.e. Konkour) among about one and half million participants; She was accepted in Computer Software Engineering of Urmia University. During her undergraduate education, she actively participated in many teamwork projects and attended some technical seminars as well as joining associations at her university. Furthermore, she got the title of top student in technical faculty of the university in one semester and received her B. Sc. degree in Computer Software Engineering from Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran, in 2008. She is currently pursuing an M.Sc.A. Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada and she is a member of IEEE Young Professionals. Her current research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT/IoMT), Smart Cities, 5G Networks and Telecommunication systems.

Membership Development Officer: Sadia Khaf
Affiliation: École de technologie supérieure ÉTS
Degree: Ph.D. student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Biography: S. Khaf received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (NUST-SEECS), Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2015. She received the M.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, she was a Research Assistant with IONOLAB, Turkey. From 2018 to 2020, she worked with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Pakistan, as a Lecturer. She conducted her research there on Mobile Edge Computing and Deep Learning with the TeleCoN research group. Currently, she is with École de Technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada, as a Ph.D. student. Her research interests include machine learning, radio resource management, cognitive radio networks, and industrial internet-of-things (IIoT). She was the recipient of the highest level of merit scholarships at NUST, Bilkent, and ÉTS. She also secured the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship. She is the co-founder of SAYA school, Pakistan, and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) branch at ÉTS. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ÉTS and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Cloud Computing Community, and IEEE Smart Grid Community. International Peace Scholarship. She is the co-founder of SAYA school, Pakistan, and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) branch at ÉTS. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ÉTS and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Cloud Computing Community, and IEEE Smart Grid Community. International Peace Scholarship. She is the co-founder of SAYA school, Pakistan, and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) branch at ÉTS. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ÉTS and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Cloud Computing Community, and IEEE Smart Grid Community.

Website and Social Media Officer: Nihed Ghedira
Affiliation: Université INRS
Degree: M.Sc. student in Telecommunications.

Biography: N. Ghedira is a 25-year-old from Tunisia. She is a passionate of new technologies and the importance of their dissemination to a wide range of users, especially to youth. She is a strong believer in the importance of new and innovative technologies in sustaining the transition of our countries to knowledge-based societies. It was this belief that underpinned her determination since her early age to pursue an education in science and advanced technology. In summer 2017, Nihed completed her undergraduate studies with honor in information and communication science and technology from the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Tunisia. Thanks to her outstanding scholarly performance, Nihed received a scholarship of excellence from the National Institute of Scientific Research in Montreal (Canada) to pursue her graduate studies in the field of communications, and more specifically in voice recognition. As a young Arab scientist, her research objective is to contribute to the integration of the Arabic language in the growing field of voice recognition platforms and solve the complexity of Arabic dialect identification. Her research will be funded by Google. In addition to her academic achievements, Nihed was an active member and action leader in many civil associations in Tunisia, including Junior Chamber International, Ambassadors of the Environment, and Notre Grand Bleu Association. More recently, she was admitted as junior member in Tunisian Talents United where she was selected in the first coaching batch for leadership skills development.

Mentor: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student, Electrical & Computer Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.

Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.

Chair: Mansour Naslcheraghi
Affiliation: Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal)
Degree: M. Sc. in Communications Systems

Biography: M. Naslcheraghi is with Electrical Engineering department at Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal). He conducted his research in his M. Sc. career mainly on wireless content distribution by utilizing full-duplex radios and Stochastic Geometry. He is currently with the Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. His main research interests include Machine Learning, Resource Allocation, and full-duplex radios. He is also a member of the IEEE Communications Society.

Vice-Chair: Kuljeet Kaur
Affiliation: École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), University of Quebec
Degree: Assistant Professor

Biography: K. Kaur received the B.Tech degree in computer science and engineering from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India, in 2011 and the M.E. (Information Security) and Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) degrees from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to be University), Patiala, India, in 2015 and 2018, respectively. She is currently working as a NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada and a Visiting Researcher in the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her main research interests include Cloud Computing, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Frequency Support, and Vehicle-to-Grid. Dr. Kaur has secured a number of research articles in top-tier journals such as IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE TII, IEEE TCC, IEEE TVT, IEEE TMM, IEEE TSG, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Network, IEEE PS, FGCS, JPDC, Springer PPNA, etc., and various International conferences including IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE PES GM, IEEE WCNC, IEEE Infocom Workshops, ACM MobiCom Workshops, ACM MobiHoc workshops, etc. During her PhD, she received two prestigious fellowships, i.e., INSPIRE fellowship from Department of Science & Technology, India (in 2015) and research scholarship from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (from 2016–2018). Dr. Kaur also received the IEEE ICC best paper award in 2018 at Kansas City, USA and 2019 Best Research Paper Award from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. She serves as an Associate Editor of Wiley’s Security and Privacy (SPY) and Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS), Springer’s Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), and guest editor for a special issue in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics. She is a website co-chair of the N2Women community. She also serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She has also been a TPC Co-chair for IEEE Infocom and ACM MobiCom workshops on DroneCom. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Smart Grid Community, ACM, and IAENG.

Secretary: Vahid Maleki Raee
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph. D. student in Information System Engineering.

Biography: V. Maleki Raee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, majoring in computer systems and networks in 2012 and 2015, respectively, from the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He began his Ph.D. in information system engineering as part of the IoT team in May 2016 at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His work covers wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, optimization, virtualization, and cloud computing. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals.

Treasurer: Intikhab Hussain
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal
Degree: Ph. D. student in Electrical Engineering

Biography: I. Hussain received the B.Sc. degree in Information and Communication System Engineering (with distinction) from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, and the M.Sc. degree from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. In 2014, he was a research intern with the IMPACT laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. He is currently a member of the Poly-Grames research center, Polytechnique Montréal. His current research interests include multiport interferometric structures, multifunctional systems, reconfigurable RF front-end architectures, radio propagation, and wireless communication systems.

Website Director: Faye Satari
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal
Degree: M. Sc. student in Computer Engineering.

Biography: F. Satari was born in Quchan, a small town with minimal educational infrastructure and facilities. When she finished her primary school, she was accepted in the provincial entrance exam of the Exceptional Talents High School. After excelling in high school and hard working around the clock, she participated in a very competitive tuition-free nationwide university entrance exam (i.e. Konkour) among about one and half million participants; She was accepted in Computer Software Engineering of Urmia University. During her undergraduate education, she actively participated in many teamwork projects and attended some technical seminars as well as joining associations at her university. Furthermore, she got the title of top student in technical faculty of the university in one semester and received her B. Sc. degree in Computer Software Engineering from Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran, in 2008. She is currently pursuing an M.Sc.A. Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada and she is a member of IEEE Young Professionals. Her current research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT/IoMT), Smart Cities, 5G Networks and Telecommunication systems.

Industrial Relations Manager: Sadia Khaf
Affiliation: École de technologie supérieure ÉTS
Degree: Ph.D. student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Biography: S. Khaf received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (NUST-SEECS), Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2015. She received the M.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, she was a Research Assistant with IONOLAB, Turkey. From 2018 to 2020, she worked with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Pakistan, as a Lecturer. She conducted her research there on Mobile Edge Computing and Deep Learning with the TeleCoN research group. Currently, she is with École de Technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada, as a Ph.D. student. Her research interests include machine learning, radio resource management, cognitive radio networks, and industrial internet-of-things (IIoT). She was the recipient of the highest level of merit scholarships at NUST, Bilkent, and ÉTS. She also secured the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship. She is the co-founder of SAYA school, Pakistan, and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) branch at ÉTS. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ÉTS and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Cloud Computing Community, and IEEE Smart Grid Community. International Peace Scholarship. She is the co-founder of SAYA school, Pakistan, and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) branch at ÉTS. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ÉTS and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Cloud Computing Community, and IEEE Smart Grid Community. International Peace Scholarship. She is the co-founder of SAYA school, Pakistan, and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) branch at ÉTS. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ÉTS and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Cloud Computing Community, and IEEE Smart Grid Community.

Industrial Workshop Coordinator | Marketing Manager: Claudio Alkazzi
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal
Degree: M. Sc. Student in Electrical Engineering.

Biography: C. Alkazzi’s research focuses on increasing the spectral efficiency of 5G wireless communication by integrating deep learning in hybrid beamforming. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering, Section II, Roumieh in electrical engineering (specialized in electrical, electronics, and communications), where he received a scholarship to pursue his master’s degree at Polytechnique Montréal. He is currently a member of the Poly-Grames research center.

Social Media Officer: Mandana Mazaheri
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: MA.Sc. student in Computer Science.

Biography: M. Mazaheri received her bachelor's degree in computer science from the The University of Isfahan in 2014. She was a member of a robotic team during high school, participated in robotic competitions in Iran. Their team attended the international Robocup competitions in Austria in 2009 and won First Place in the Junior Soccer League. She has experience in teaching robotics, organizing robotics workshops, and joining technical committees in Robocup competition. She also has worked as a software and hardware developer from 2016 to 2018. She is currently a master's student in Computer Science at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She also works as a research software administrator at McGill University. She is also a student member of IEEE, IEEE Young Professionals, and IEEE Women in Engineering.

Website and Social Media Officer: Nihed Ghedira
Affiliation: Université INRS
Degree: M.Sc. student in Telecommunications.

Biography: N. Ghedira is a 25-year-old from Tunisia. She is a passionate of new technologies and the importance of their dissemination to a wide range of users, especially to youth. She is a strong believer in the importance of new and innovative technologies in sustaining the transition of our countries to knowledge-based societies. It was this belief that underpinned her determination since her early age to pursue an education in science and advanced technology. In summer 2017, Nihed completed her undergraduate studies with honor in information and communication science and technology from the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Tunisia. Thanks to her outstanding scholarly performance, Nihed received a scholarship of excellence from the National Institute of Scientific Research in Montreal (Canada) to pursue her graduate studies in the field of communications, and more specifically in voice recognition. As a young Arab scientist, her research objective is to contribute to the integration of the Arabic language in the growing field of voice recognition platforms and solve the complexity of Arabic dialect identification. Her research will be funded by Google. In addition to her academic achievements, Nihed was an active member and action leader in many civil associations in Tunisia, including Junior Chamber International, Ambassadors of the Environment, and Notre Grand Bleu Association. More recently, she was admitted as junior member in Tunisian Talents United where she was selected in the first coaching batch for leadership skills development.

Digital Media Manager: Aida Vahdani
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: MA.Sc. student in Computer Science.

Biography: A. Vahdani received her bachelor's degree in Information Technology Engineering from the Islamic Azad University. During her undergraduate education, she was an active member of the IT scientific association and received the first rank with the highest GPA among more than 100 undergraduate students for the whole 4-year program (2009-13). She was the manager at the Information Technology booth in Mashhad International Exhibition (Representing the College of Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad), and was also the coordinator of a scientific event for student conferences at her University. Moreover, she experienced volunteering at a charity festival to help children with cancer which was held in the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2014. She has worked as a computer engineer from 2016 to 2018 at Pars Orthopedic Industries Co. Aida has been a master's student in Applied Computer Science since January 2019 at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She is also a member of the IEEE, IEEE Young Professionals, and IEEE Women in Engineering.

Poster Designer: Joel Dodoo
Affiliation: Ph. D. Student in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. in Information and Communications Engineering.

Biography: Joel is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He received the B.Eng. degree (with honours) in Telecommunication Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the MSc. degree in Information and Communication Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, both in China. His current research interest focuses on data center networks, hybrid switching systems, energy efficiency in photonic network systems and optical interconnects, network resource management and optimizations. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals, among others.

Research Officer: Guilherme Martignago Zilli
Affiliation: Concordia University, Montreal
Degree: Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering

Biography: G.Martignago Zilli received the B.S. and the M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering, respectively, from Santa Catarina State University, Joinville, Brazil, in 2014, and from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, in 2016. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. His research interests include adaptive and statistical signal processing and signal processing for wireless communication with a particular focus on MIMO systems. Mr. Zilli is a recipient of the Doctoral Research Scholarship Program for Foreign Students, from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), the Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence, and the Concordia Accelerator Award.

Mentor: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student, Electrical & Computer Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.

Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.

Chair: Mansour Naslcheraghi
Affiliation: Ph. D. Student, Electrical Engineering majored in Communicaitons Systems, Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal)
Degree: M. Sc. in Electronics and Communications Systems

Biography: M. Naslcheraghi is with Electrical Engineering department at Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal). He conducted his research in his M. Sc. career mainly on wireless content distribution by utilizing full-duplex radios and Stochastic Geometry. He is currently with the Poly-Grames Research Center, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. His main research interests include Machine Learning, Resource Allocation, and full-duplex radios. He is also a member of the IEEE Communications Society.

Vice-Chair: Kuljeet Kaur
Affiliation: École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), University of Quebec
Degree: Assistant Professor

Biography: K. Kaur received the B.Tech degree in computer science and engineering from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India, in 2011 and the M.E. (Information Security) and Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) degrees from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to be University), Patiala, India, in 2015 and 2018, respectively. She is currently working as a NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada and a Visiting Researcher in the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her main research interests include Cloud Computing, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Frequency Support, and Vehicle-to-Grid. Dr. Kaur has secured a number of research articles in top-tier journals such as IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE TII, IEEE TCC, IEEE TVT, IEEE TMM, IEEE TSG, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Network, IEEE PS, FGCS, JPDC, Springer PPNA, etc., and various International conferences including IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE PES GM, IEEE WCNC, IEEE Infocom Workshops, ACM MobiCom Workshops, ACM MobiHoc workshops, etc. During her PhD, she received two prestigious fellowships, i.e., INSPIRE fellowship from Department of Science & Technology, India (in 2015) and research scholarship from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (from 2016–2018). Dr. Kaur also received the IEEE ICC best paper award in 2018 at Kansas City, USA and 2019 Best Research Paper Award from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. She serves as an Associate Editor of Wiley’s Security and Privacy (SPY) and Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS), Springer’s Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), and guest editor for a special issue in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics. She is a website co-chair of the N2Women community. She also serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group. She has also been a TPC Co-chair for IEEE Infocom and ACM MobiCom workshops on DroneCom. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community, IEEE Smart Grid Community, ACM, and IAENG.

Secretary: Vahid Maleki Raee
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph. D. student in Information System Engineering.

Biography: V. Maleki Raee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, majoring in computer systems and networks in 2012 and 2015, respectively, from the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. He began his Ph.D. in information system engineering as part of the IoT team in May 2016 at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His work covers wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, optimization, virtualization, and cloud computing. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals.

Treasurer: Intikhab Hussain
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal
Degree: Ph. D. student in Electrical Engineering majored in Telecommunications.

Biography: I. Hussain received the B.Sc. degree in Information and Communication System Engineering (with distinction) from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, and the M.Sc. degree from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. In 2014, he was a research intern with the IMPACT laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. He is currently a member of the Poly-Grames research center, Polytechnique Montréal. His current research interests include multiport interferometric structures, multifunctional systems, reconfigurable RF front-end architectures, radio propagation, and wireless communication systems.

Website Director: Faye Satari
Affiliation: Polytechnique Montréal
Degree: M. Sc. student in Computer Engineering.

Biography: F. Satari was born in Quchan, a small town with minimal educational infrastructure and facilities. When she finished her primary school, she was accepted in the provincial entrance exam of the Exceptional Talents High School. After excelling in high school and hard working around the clock, she participated in a very competitive tuition-free nationwide university entrance exam (i.e. Konkour) among about one and half million participants; She was accepted in Computer Software Engineering of Urmia University. During her undergraduate education, she actively participated in many teamwork projects and attended some technical seminars as well as joining associations at her university. Furthermore, she got the title of top student in technical faculty of the university in one semester and received her B. Sc. degree in Computer Software Engineering from Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran, in 2008. She is currently pursuing an M.Sc.A. Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada and she is a member of IEEE Young Professionals. Her current research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Cities, and Telecommunication systems.

Industrial Relations Manager: Sadia Khaf
Affiliation: École de technologie supérieure ÉTS
Degree: Ph.D. student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Biography: S. Khaf received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (NUST-SEECS), Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2015. She received the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, she was a Research Assistant with IONOLAB, Turkey. In 2018, she joined the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, as a Lecturer. She conducted her research there on Mobile Edge Computing and Deep Learning with the TeleCoN research group. Currently, she is with École de Technologie supérieure, Montreal, QC, Canada, as a Ph.D. student. Her research interests include Machine Learning, radio resource management, Cognitive Radio Networks, and IIoT. She was the recipient of the highest level of merit scholarship at Bilkent University and NUST. She also secured the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ETS Student Branch and Industrial Relations Manager of the IEEE Montreal Young Professionals Affinity Group.

Social Media Officer: Mandana Mazaheri
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: MA.Sc. student in Computer Science.

Biography: M. Mazaheri received her bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Isfahan in 2014. She was a member of a robotic team during her high school, participated in robotic competitions in Iran. Their team attended the international Robocup competitions in Austria in 2009 and won the First Place in the Junior Soccer League. She has experience in teaching robotics, organizing robotics workshops, and joining technical committees in Robocup competition. She also has worked as a software and hardware developer from 2016 to 2018. She started her master's studies in Applied Computer Science in January 2019 at the Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She is a student member of IEEE, IEEE Young Professionals, and IEEE Women in Engineering.

Website and Social Media Officer: Nihed Ghedira
Affiliation: Université INRS
Degree: M.Sc. student in Telecommunications.

Biography: N. Ghedira is a 25-year-old from Tunisia. She is a passionate of new technologies and the importance of their dissemination to a wide range of users, especially to youth. She is a strong believer in the importance of new and innovative technologies in sustaining the transition of our countries to knowledge-based societies. It was this belief that underpinned her determination since her early age to pursue an education in science and advanced technology. In summer 2017, Nihed completed her undergraduate studies with honor in information and communication science and technology from the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Tunisia. Thanks to her outstanding scholarly performance, Nihed received a scholarship of excellence from the National Institute of Scientific Research in Montreal (Canada) to pursue her graduate studies in the field of communications, and more specifically in voice recognition. As a young Arab scientist, her research objective is to contribute to the integration of the Arabic language in the growing field of voice recognition platforms and solve the complexity of Arabic dialect identification. Her research will be funded by Google. In addition to her academic achievements, Nihed was an active member and action leader in many civil associations in Tunisia, including Junior Chamber International, Ambassadors of the Environment, and Notre Grand Bleu Association. More recently, she was admitted as junior member in Tunisian Talents United where she was selected in the first coaching batch for leadership skills development.

Digital Media Manager: Aida Vahdani
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: MA.Sc. student in Computer Science.
Biography: A. Vahdani received her bachelor's degree in Information Technology Engineering from the Islamic Azad University. During her undergraduate education, she was an active member of the IT scientific association and received the first rank with the highest GPA among more than 100 undergraduate students for the whole 4-year program (2009-13). She was the manager at the Information Technology booth in Mashhad International Exhibition (Representing the College of Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad), and was also the coordinator of a scientific event for student conferences at her University. Moreover, she experienced volunteering at a charity festival to help children with cancer which was held in the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2014. She has worked as a computer engineer from 2016 to 2018 at Pars Orthopedic Industries Co. Aida has been a master's student in Applied Computer Science since January 2019 at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She is also a member of the IEEE, IEEE Young Professionals, and IEEE Women in Engineering.
Contact: Email
Home Page: LinkedIn

Poster Designer: Taha Ben Salah
Affiliation: École de technologie supérieure ÉTS, University of Québec
Degree: M. Sc. Student in Information Technology
Biography: T. Ben Salah completed his undergraduate studies in telecommunications from "École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUP'COM)" in Tunisia, ranked first engineering school in telecommunications in the country in September 2018. He also was a former Mitacs Globalink intern, a program attracting top undergraduate students from around the world to Canada for a summer research internship. His intern (summer 2018) was about developing an IoT solution for smart agriculture. After completing his undergraduate studies, he was admitted by Mitacs for the “Globalink Graduate fellowship” program, offering former top Mitacs interns the opportunity to pursue a research-based master in any of their academic partners. Taha started his Master as a Mitacs student in January 2019 at "École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)", University of Quebec. He is also passionate about graphic design, he participated as a lead designer in multiple clubs at his university and he is currently the main poster designer for the IEEE Young Professional (Montreal branch). His research focuses on optimizing data processing at the edge network in a distributed cloud-edge environment.
Contact: Email
Home Page: LinkedIn

Poster Designer: Joel Dodoo
Affiliation: Ph. D. Student in Electrical Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. in Information and Communications Engineering.
Biography: Joel is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He received the B.Eng. degree (with honours) in Telecommunication Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the MSc. degree in Information and Communication Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, both in China. His current research interest focuses on data center networks, hybrid switching systems, energy efficiency in photonic network systems and optical interconnects, network resource management and optimizations. He is a student member of IEEE and a member of IEEE Young Professionals, among others.
Contact: Email
Home Page: LinkedIn

Mentor: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student, Electrical & Computer Engineering, McGill University
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.
Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.
Contact: Email

Chair: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student., Electrical & Computer Engineering
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.
Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.
Contact: Email

Vice-Chair: Mohammad Afshari
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering.
Biography: Mohammad is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology in 2010 and 2012. Since 2010, he is voluntarily active in the IEEE. Currently, he is involved with IEEE YP and previously volunteered for the McGill Student Branch as the Vice Chair. He enjoys photography and is an amateur photographer. His principal research interests include decentralized stochastic control, team theory, and reinforcement learning.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Vice-Chair and Treasurer: Avishek Paul
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: A typical graduate student engaged with a couple of IEEE affinity groups to transcend the barrier of academic research and explore opportunities and harness skills that these groups offer. He is also seeking for the beacon of knowledge blazing out across the dark sea of ignorance.
Contact: Email

Treasurer: Mehri Borhani Kakhki
Affiliation: INRS, University of Québec
Degree: Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications)
Biography: Mehri is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Telecommunications engineering at INRS-EMT. She received her M.Sc. in Telecommunications engineering from University of Semnan, Iran, in 2015 and was awarded the title "Exceptionally Talented" student (1st rank). She started volunteering with IEEE YP Montréal in 2018, and had previously volunteered for several events in Montréal aiming at helping new comers. Besides her interest in developing innovative RF/Microwave components and antenna design, she enjoys photography, camping, and biking. She is also passionate about meeting people and getting involved in charity activities.
Contact: Email

Digital & Social Media Manager: Melissa Vosough Tehrani
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Degree: Master of Computer Engineering
Biography: Melissa is currently a Master’s student in computer engineering at Université de Montréal. During her bachelors, her focus was on development and testing of operating systems and other software such as file systems. Currently she mostly works on distributed computing and cloud security. Mobile applications world and data analysis are her other interests. When she says goodbye to her laptop, you can find her busy with various types of outdoor activities.
Contact: Email

Webmaster: Fatma Ouertani
Affiliation: Analogic Canada
Degree: M. Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at l'École de Technologie Supérieure
Biography: Fatma is currently working at Analogic Canada as a System Designer. She fulfilled her Masters in Biomedical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure. Before, she is graduated in Telecommunication engineering from École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia. Her research interests cover medical image processing. She enjoys painting and walking in nature. She recently joined IEEE Montreal Young Professionals team because she wants to get more involved with volunteering activities especially professional.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Mentor: M. Hossain Mohammadi
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Hossain completed his M.Eng. (Thesis) in Electrical Engineering at McGill University in 2015. He received his B.S.E.E in May 2013 with the Valedictorian award from the American University in Dubai, UAE. In addition to his academic, he is actively involved with the IEEE Montreal Section and previously volunteered for the McGill IEEE Student Branch. During his spare time, he enjoys practicing soccer around Montreal or playing his flamenco guitar.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn, Website

Mentor: Nazanin Hashemi Attar
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Nazanin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She has received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashad at Iran in 2010 and 2013, respectively. From 2009 until 2013, she had been an active volunteer at IEEE student branch in Ferdowsi University of Mashad. In 2011, she was a member of the executive committee and was responsible for raising sponsorship money for the First National Workshop on Intelligent System and Softcomputoring at Ferdowsi University of Mashad. she has been an active volunteer since she has joined IEEE Young Professionals, Montreal Section in June 2016. Her current research interests are Discrete Event Systems (DES), fuzzy control systems and adaptive control.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Chair: Nazanin Hashemi Attar
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Nazanin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She has received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashad at Iran in 2010 and 2013, respectively. From 2009 until 2013, she had been an active volunteer at IEEE student branch in Ferdowsi University of Mashad. In 2011, she was a member of the executive committee and was responsible for raising sponsorship money for the First National Workshop on Intelligent System and Softcomputoring at Ferdowsi University of Mashad. she has been an active volunteer since she has joined IEEE Young Professionals, Montreal Section in June 2016. Her current research interests are Discrete Event Systems (DES), fuzzy control systems and adaptive control.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Vice-Chair: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student., Electrical & Computer Engineering
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.
Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.
Contact: Email

Secretary & Webmaster: Mohammad Afshari
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering.
Biography: Mohammad is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology in 2010 and 2012. Since 2010, he is voluntarily active in the IEEE. Currently, he is involved with IEEE YP and previously volunteered for the McGill Student Branch as the Vice Chair. He enjoys photography and is an amateur photographer. His principal research interests include decentralized stochastic control, team theory, and reinforcement learning.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Treasurer: Avishek Paul
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: A typical graduate student engaged with a couple of IEEE affinity groups to transcend the barrier of academic research and explore opportunities and harness skills that these groups offer. He is also seeking for the beacon of knowledge blazing out across the dark sea of ignorance.
Contact: Email

Digital & Social Media Manager: Melissa Vosough Tehrani
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Degree: Master of Computer Engineering
Biography: Melissa is currently a Master’s student in computer engineering at Université de Montréal. During her bachelors, her focus was on development and testing of operating systems and other software such as file systems. Currently she mostly works on distributed computing and cloud security. Mobile applications world and data analysis are her other interests. When she says goodbye to her laptop, you can find her busy with various types of outdoor activities.
Contact: Email

Volunteer: Mahmoud Kamel
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biography: Mahmoud received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical and communication engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, in 2001 and 2013, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Electrical and Communication Engineering Department, Concordia University. In 2005, he started working for the industry as a Mobile Technology Trainer in Telecom Egypt, SIEMENS, and Nokia Siemens Networks. He was with Academia in 2011. He was a Research Assistant with Cairo University, worked for an LTE-Advanced Research Project for two years. His current research interests are in the area of ultra-dense networks, Internet of Things, and wireless network virtualization. Mahmoud has a deep conviction that Academia and Industry are tightly related where the innovations in Industry must be backed by Advancements in Academia. Facilitating the interrelations and communications between Academia and Industry is thus on the top of his volunteering TO-DO checklist.
Contact: Email

Event Coordinator Manager: Bahareh Goodarzi
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Computer Science
Biography: Biography: Bahareh Goodarzi is a PhD candidate in the Computer Science department of Concordia university. Her research focuses on the parallelization and scheduling of the irregular algorithms on GPUs.
Bahareh Received her Master in Computer Engineering in 2009 from Sharif University of Technology and her bachelor in Computer Engineering in 2005 from Isfahan University of Technology. During her bachelor studies she was a member of undergraduate student association and was active in planning networking events and scientific talks. Teaching is her passion and she is a senior lecturer in the Concordia Continuing Education Centre.
Bahareh is an enthusiastic sport-lover and she tries her hands on every possible sport including table tennis, squash, carting, ski, ice skating, badminton and etcetera!!!
Contact: Email

Industrial Relations Manager: Armin Salimi
Affiliation: CanmetENERGY
Degree: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Biography: Biography: Armin Salimi was born in Kermanshah, Iran in 1989. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in electrical (power) engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran and McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 2012 and 2017, respectively.
He is currently with CanmetENERGY, Montreal, Canada, as a postdoctoral researcher. His research interests include machine learning and data mining techniques in power engineering applications, computer-aided design of electrical machines, multi-objective optimization, robust optimization, power electronics, and drive systems.
Contact: Email

Volunteer: Fatma Ouertani
Affiliation: Analogic Canada
Degree: M. Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at l'École de Technologie Supérieure
Biography: Fatma is currently working at Analogic Canada as a System Designer. She fulfilled her Masters in Biomedical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure. Before, she is graduated in Telecommunication engineering from École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia. Her research interests cover medical image processing. She enjoys painting and walking in nature. She recently joined IEEE Montreal Young Professionals team because she wants to get more involved with volunteering activities especially professional.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Mentor: Mohammad Taufiquzzaman
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Masters student
Biography: Mohammad has been deeply involved with IEEE ever since he started his undergraduate studies. In Montreal, he is pursuing his Masters in Concordia University, working even closer to this prestigious organization. This platform has given him quite a lot of opportunity to explore their vast network and made him what he is today. He will probably end up volunteering as long as he can, for the rest of his life.
Contact: Email

Mentor: M. Hossain Mohammadi
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Hossain completed his M.Eng. (Thesis) in Electrical Engineering at McGill University in 2015. He received his B.S.E.E in May 2013 with the Valedictorian award from the American University in Dubai, UAE. In addition to his academic, he is actively involved with the IEEE Montreal Section and previously volunteered for the McGill IEEE Student Branch. During his spare time, he enjoys practicing soccer around Montreal or playing his flamenco guitar.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn, Website

Event Coordination Manager: Robert Guardia
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: B.Eng. student, Civil Engineering
Biography: Robert is currently finishing his studies in Civil Engineering and hopes to later find a job in renewable energies. He enjoys outdoor activities and learning about the latest and newest technologies and scientific developments.

Logistics Manager: Akashdeep Chauhan
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Graduate student
Biography: Akashdeep is a graduate student at Concordia University and has 2 years of experience working in the software engineering. He loves meeting people, trying new stuff and discussing with friends. Also, he is a passionate bike rider and an active member of IEEE, GSA and CISA Concordia.

Chair: Mohammad Taufiquzzaman
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Masters student
Biography: Mohammad has been deeply involved with IEEE ever since he started his undergraduate studies. In Montreal, he is pursuing his Masters in Concordia University, working even closer to this prestigious organization. This platform has given him quite a lot of opportunity to explore their vast network and made him what he is today. He will probably end up volunteering as long as he can, for the rest of his life.
Contact: Email

Vice-Chair & Webmaster: M. Hossain Mohammadi
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Hossain completed his M.Eng. (Thesis) in Electrical Engineering at McGill University in 2015. He received his B.S.E.E in May 2013 with the Valedictorian award from the American University in Dubai, UAE. In addition to his academic, he is actively involved with the IEEE Montreal Section and previously volunteered for the McGill IEEE Student Branch. During his spare time, he enjoys practicing soccer around Montreal or playing his flamenco guitar.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn, Website

Secretary: Nazanin Hashemi Attar
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Nazanin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She has received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashad at Iran in 2010 and 2013, respectively. From 2009 until 2013, she had been an active volunteer at IEEE student branch in Ferdowsi University of Mashad. In 2011, she was a member of the executive committee and was responsible for raising sponsorship money for the First National Workshop on Intelligent System and Softcomputoring at Ferdowsi University of Mashad. she has been an active volunteer since she has joined IEEE Young Professionals, Montreal Section in June 2016. Her current research interests are Discrete Event Systems (DES), fuzzy control systems and adaptive control.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Treasurer: Avishek Paul
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: A typical graduate student engaged with a couple of IEEE affinity groups to transcend the barrier of academic research and explore opportunities and harness skills that these groups offer. He is also seeking for the beacon of knowledge blazing out across the dark sea of ignorance.
Contact: Email

Logistics Executive: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student., Electrical & Computer Engineering
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.
Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.
Contact: Email

Digital & Social Media Manager: Melissa Vosough Tehrani
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Degree: Master of Computer Engineering
Biography: Melissa is currently a Master’s student in computer engineering at Université de Montréal. During her bachelors, her focus was on development and testing of operating systems and other software such as file systems. Currently she mostly works on distributed computing and cloud security. Mobile applications world and data analysis are her other interests. When she says goodbye to her laptop, you can find her busy with various types of outdoor activities.
Contact: Email

Industrial Relations Manager: Mahmoud Kamel
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biography: Mahmoud received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical and communication engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, in 2001 and 2013, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Electrical and Communication Engineering Department, Concordia University. In 2005, he started working for the industry as a Mobile Technology Trainer in Telecom Egypt, SIEMENS, and Nokia Siemens Networks. He was with Academia in 2011. He was a Research Assistant with Cairo University, worked for an LTE-Advanced Research Project for two years. His current research interests are in the area of ultra-dense networks, Internet of Things, and wireless network virtualization. Mahmoud has a deep conviction that Academia and Industry are tightly related where the innovations in Industry must be backed by Advancements in Academia. Facilitating the interrelations and communications between Academia and Industry is thus on the top of his volunteering TO-DO checklist.
Contact: Email

Event Coordination Manager: Robert Guardia
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: B.Eng. student, Civil Engineering
Biography: Robert is currently finishing his studies in Civil Engineering and hopes to later find a job in renewable energies. He enjoys outdoor activities and learning about the latest and newest technologies and scientific developments.

Logistics Manager: Akashdeep Chauhan
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Graduate student
Biography: Akashdeep is a graduate student at Concordia University and has 2 years of experience working in the software engineering. He loves meeting people, trying new stuff and discussing with friends. Also, he is a passionate bike rider and an active member of IEEE, GSA and CISA Concordia.

Volunteer: Mohammad Afshari
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering.
Biography: Mohammad is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology in 2010 and 2012. Since 2010, he is voluntarily active in the IEEE. Currently, he is involved with IEEE YP and previously volunteered for the McGill Student Branch as the Vice Chair. He enjoys photography and is an amateur photographer. His principal research interests include decentralized stochastic control, team theory, and reinforcement learning.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Chair: Masoumeh Esfandiari
Affiliation: General Motors
Biography: Masoumeh's passion is to improve her environment, and positively impact people’s lives. She believes young professionals have infinite potential to change the world, to a more peaceful, clean, and friendly world. Her goal is helping professional development of young people who can be the next generation of leaders and engineers, whom our world needs!

Vice-Chair: Mohammad Taufiquzzaman
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Masters student
Biography: Mohammad has been deeply involved with IEEE ever since he started his undergraduate studies. In Montreal, he is pursuing his Masters in Concordia University, working even closer to this prestigious organization. This platform has given him quite a lot of opportunity to explore their vast network and made him what he is today. He will probably end up volunteering as long as he can, for the rest of his life.
Contact: Email

Secretary: Sourabh Sharma
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering

Treasurer: Qiushi Cui
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Qiushi is a Ph.D. candidate from McGill Electric Power Lab, who likes to help others and is active in IEEE. His personal interests are power system protection, renewable energy integration into the grid, running, hiking and enjoying delicious food.

Business Development & Sponsorship: Avishek Paul
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: A typical graduate student engaged with a couple of IEEE affinity groups to transcend the barrier of academic research and explore opportunities and harness skills that these groups offer. He is also seeking for the beacon of knowledge blazing out across the dark sea of ignorance.
Contact: Email

Webmaster: Syed Qaseem Ali
Affiliation: McGill University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Syed is working on the Automotive Partnership Canada interdisciplinary project “Development of optimal electric drive trains for on-road vehicles” with the motor drive optimization theme. His research interests include power electronics and motor drives. He joined the lab in September 2013, before that he worked as a researcher for the Saudi Aramco research chair in Electrical Power, King Saud University, Riyadh.

Digital & Social Media Manager: Subhadeep Bhattacharya
Affiliation: TM4 Inc.
Degree: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

Logistics Manager: Akashdeep Chauhan
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Graduate student
Biography: Akashdeep is a graduate student at Concordia University and has 2 years of experience working in the software engineering. He loves meeting people, trying new stuff and discussing with friends. Also, he is a passionate bike rider and an active member of IEEE, GSA and CISA Concordia.

Event Coordination Manager: Robert Guardia
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: B.Eng. student, Civil Engineering
Biography: Robert is currently finishing his studies in Civil Engineering and hopes to later find a job in renewable energies. He enjoys outdoor activities and learning about the latest and newest technologies and scientific developments.

Industrial Relations Manager: Ana Beatriz Martins Aguiar

Volunteer: Nazanin Hashemi Attar
Affiliation: Concordia University
Degree: Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
Biography: Nazanin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She has received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashad at Iran in 2010 and 2013, respectively. From 2009 until 2013, she had been an active volunteer at IEEE student branch in Ferdowsi University of Mashad. In 2011, she was a member of the executive committee and was responsible for raising sponsorship money for the First National Workshop on Intelligent System and Softcomputoring at Ferdowsi University of Mashad. she has been an active volunteer since she has joined IEEE Young Professionals, Montreal Section in June 2016. Her current research interests are Discrete Event Systems (DES), fuzzy control systems and adaptive control.
Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Volunteer: Elnasser Youssef
Affiliation: Ph.D. student., Electrical & Computer Engineering
Degree: M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2013, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt.
Biography: Elnasser graduated top of his class in 2008 from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt. As a result, he was offered to join the faculty as a full-time teaching and research assistant. He has been an IEEE student member since 2007, started volunteering with IEEE YP Montreal in 2016 and joined the executive committee in 2017. His research focuses on digital signal processing and artificial intelligence applications. Whenever he is not glued to his desk in the lab, you will probably find him at the gym or at his Montreal apartment trying very hard not to be the worst “oud” player in the northern hemisphere.
Contact: Email